Senior Finance Analyst

1 month ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom Adecco Full time

**Job Title**: Senior Finance Analyst

**Department / School**: Finance Operations

**Salary**: 30,000 - 34,000

**Hours**: 9am - 5pm

**Duration**: 6 months temporary with a view to be extended.

**Location**: Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chamber Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9YL

**Details / Job Purpose**:

- Undertake a wide range of Finance Operation processes, including banking,
- purchase ledger and sales ledger tasks.
- Answer customer queries and resolve finance processing errors.
- Contribute to reporting requirements.

**Main Responsibilities**:

- You will undertake a wide range of financial processes, including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Cash management tasks.
- Carry out simple checking of electronically processed transactions. Check, prepare and input new customer and supplier accounts, or process amendments to existing accounts.
- Input, check, post purchase ledger/sales ledger transactions (e.g., matching invoices to orders, issue invoices and credit notes.
- Verify transaction batches and resolve discrepancies prior to processing timetable deadlines.
- Contribute to related finance University processes, e.g., student registration processes throughout the year, particularly the annual registration process in September.
- Contribute to reconciliation of individual supplier and customer accounts, monthly reconciliations, and collation of statistics.
- Receive and respond to customer enquiries about finance processes, transactions, errors, and issues, judging when to pass on, or to involve others, to provide an effective service.
- Contribute to the preparation of reports on Finance Operations processes, e.g., payment volumes, invoices paid on time, overdue payments, etc.
- Identify trends and problems and provide suggestions for improvement.

**Knowledge Skills and Experience**:

- Either Vocational qualifications (N/SVQ 3, ONC or equivalent), plus typically at least 2 years' work experience in a relevant role Or School education to standard grade / national 5 or equivalent plus typically 3 years work experience in the unit or a comparablesetting.
- A relevant Finance qualification.
- Experience of an integrated accounting package.
- A thorough understanding of financial controls.
- A good working knowledge of Excel and Word
- A background in bookkeeping/accounting.
- Experience in credit control and sales ledger.
- Experience of working in a large multi-department organisation
- Experience in management and/or accounts payable (desirable)
- Knowledge of an electronic purchase order system.
- A positive, open-minded, and enthusiastic attitude.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- The ability to work as part of a team.
- The ability to work consistently to extremely tight deadlines whilst dealing with high volumes of work.
- Well
- developed interpersonal and organisational skills.
- Able to deal confidently with customers.
- Good verbal and written.

Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.



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